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Monday, September 19, 2011

Music on TV - Week of 09.19.11: Radiohead, Wilco

Radiohead play the season 37 premiere of Saturday Night Live

It was news enough that Radiohead was to be the musical guest for Saturday Night Live's season premiere this week, but the lads from across the pond are further taking advantage of their time in the Big Apple to also do a special hour long The Colbert Report two days later on Monday (September 26). They'll still be in support of 2010's King of Limbs for both appearances, but the Colbert appearance will feature a total of four songs performed live, including the unreleased song "The Daily Mail" (here they are performing it at this past Glastonbury festival). So this is one of those rare cases where I'm giving you the highlight of next week's calendar early. Enjoy!

Meanwhile, Wilco returns with a new album that harkens back to their adventurous Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The Whole Love, out next week, isn't so much a departure from the more accessible sounds of the past two albums (2007's Sky Blue Sky and 2009's Wilco (The Album)), as it's a realization that they're capable of ambitious heights, and even if The Whole Love doesn't quite reach the pantheon that is YHT, it's a welcome return to the sense that they're 'hungry.'